May 22nd, 1963. Unhappy with the existing social and political situation in Turkey, a group of military officers have planned a coup d’état to take down the government in Ankara. Meanwhile in Istanbul, their conspirators have undertaken the vital mission of taking over the National Radio station and making a formal announcement about the coup. But nothing goes to plan. Faced with a number of obstacles, including a sudden rainstorm, the absence of the radio station technician, a betrayal, the lack of feedback from Ankara and their very own insufficiency, the conspirators scramble to keep their plan on track and announce the success of the coup – that is, if the coup in the capital has taken place at all. Based on actual events and told over the course of a single night, “The Announcement” is a wry commentary on Turkey’s uneasy political past – and present. Biting political satire meets subtle comedy in a film that highlights the absurdity of its story without ever being anything less than dead serious.
2018 – Turkey, Bulgaria – 95 minutes – Turkish – Feature/ Drama
Original title: Anons
Directed by: Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
Written by: Ercan Kesal, Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun
Cinematography: Krum Rodrigues
Edited by: Çiçek Kahraman
Cast: Ali Seçkiner Alıcı (Reha),Tarhan Karagöz (Şinasi),Murat Kılıç (Kemal), Şencan Güleryüz (Koreli Fırat)
Producer: Halil Kardaş, Tarık Tufan
Co-producer: Boris Chouchkov
Produced by: Filmotto Production
Co-produced by: Chouchkov Brothers (Bulgaria), BKM (Turkey)
- Venice Film Festival, Orizzonti competition section | Special Jury Prize(World premiere)
- Athens IFF
- Haifa IFF, Golden Anchor Competition section
- Sao Paolo IFF, International Perspective section
- Turkish Film Week (Azerbaijan)
- Kerala IFF
- Dhaka IFF
- Goteborg FF
- Bengaluru IFF
- LuxFilmFest
- Fajr IFF | International Critic Jury Award
- Moscow IFF
- Crossing Europe
- Jeonju IFF, World Cinemascape (Asian premiere)
- Espoo Cine
- Seattle IFF
- Red Tulip FF
- Transilvania IFF
- Mediterranean FF Split
- Bildrausch – Filmfest Basel
- Munich FF
- Taipei FF
- Manarat FF
- Transatlantyk FF
- PriFest
- Timisoara Central European FF
- Duhok IFF
- International Cinematographers FF Manaki Brothers
- Turkish Movie Fest/ Belgrade
- Independent FilmFest Osnabruck
- Mostra de Valencia
- Frankfurt Turkish FF
- FilmFestival Cottbus
- Vancouver Turkish FF
- BTF’s Documentary and Short Film Competition/ Boston
- Washington Turkish FF
- Seattle Turkish FF
- Sinema Stuttgart
- Black Movie FF
“Mahmut Fazil Coskun blends political history, humor and violence in this impressive hybrid” – The Hollywood Reporter
“Comedy of the absurd has rarely felt so strangely real” – Screendaily
“With his third film, Turkish director Mahmut Fazıl Coşkun announces himself as a major film talent.” – Cineuropa
